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I was planning to simply load in the image into Canvas and then make the linework overlays on top of that (names, roads, etc).<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Roads through the mountains may wind a bit differently to follow the flatter passes.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'm not sure if I'm going to add the hill scruff or not. I have to see how it looks with my new instructions.</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 8, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Sylverrs_ dragon wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> Will interface the cities to it and get you some things in a few days (I hope). Map looks good.<br><br>Richard<br><br><blockquote><hr>From: <a href="mailto:bchoinski@comcast.net">bchoinski@comcast.net</a><br>Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:09:36 -0400<br>To: <a href="mailto:pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl">pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl</a><br>Subject: [PnP] Korchi preliminary (mapping)<br><br> <div>I have a preliminary map now (6459 x 10000 pixel) with the raw terrains in. Current working file is 1.41GB (my poor Mac is crying -- Photoshop under rosetta is pretty painful for this scale)</div><div><br class="EC_webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> I had to generate the terrains completely in Photoshop (I could not get the fractal outlines I wanted from Canvas), but the technique I figured out for photoshop has me happy enough. It's more art at this point since I have to draw the terrain wiggles now, instead of letting a program do it.</div><div><br class="EC_webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The lake render layer adds a bit of character to the terrain.</div><div><br class="EC_webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>On interesting thing is a single, very obvious mountain peak that rendered up in the mountain process. It and the mountain chain attached to it (looks like a dragon or large snake with the peak at the heart) is begging for a site. Another mountain south that drops right into hills gives me the impression of a sheer cliff thousands of feet high.</div><div><br class="EC_webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Image attached (low scale at 1200x2000 pix) It scaled well in JPEG.</div><div><br class="EC_webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Feel free to mark up a copy of this image with notes and email back with comments.</div><div></div></blockquote><br><hr>Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. <a href="http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_SeptWLtagline" target="_new">Play now!</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">pnp mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl">pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://abroere.xs4all.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnp">http://abroere.xs4all.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnp</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>